Biden-Modi at Quad meet: US President Joe Biden will participate in the third in-person Quad leaders’ meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida and their Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Hiroshima on Saturday.
In a statement on Friday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “After President Joe Biden had to postpone his trip to Australia, the Quad leaders agreed that they would hold their summit in Hiroshima to ensure that the four leaders could come together to mark the Quad’s progress over the past year.”
Hence, in addition to the G7, Biden will take part in the meeting with the prime ministers of the four countries.
Biden thanks Albanese, Kishida, Modi
Ahead of the meeting, Biden thanked Australian Prime Minister Albanese, as well as the Prime Ministers of Japan and India, for their flexibility, The White House said.
“Along with sharing strategic assessments, the leaders will welcome new forms of Quad cooperation on secure digital technology, submarine cables, infrastructure capacity building, and maritime domain awareness,” the White House said in a statement.
Determined to get together
US NSA Jake Sullivan said after Biden postponed his trip to Australia all the leaders were determined to get together in person.
“Outside of the G7, here in Hiroshima, the President will join the leaders of Australia, Japan and India for the third in-person Quad Summit…President had to postpone his trip to Australia but all of the leaders were determined to get together in person here…,” said US NSA Jake Sullivan.
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